Michael Jackson Moonwalker [1990 Sega] – Arcade and home console ports

Michael Jackson Moonwalker (1990 Sega) – Sega developed two similarly themed beat ’em up video games in 1990. One was released for the arcades and another released for the Mega Drive/Genesis and Master System.

Althought, they were developed in tandem, gameswere made by a completely different team and are entirely different games. One is a side-scrolling platformer, other one is a weird, isometric, run-and-gun/beat-em-up hybrid. Source

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Trailer for “Insert Coin,” a new documentary about the creators of the biggest videogames of the 1990s

“Insert Coin” is a new documentary about Midway, the Chicago-based videogame developer that transformed the industry with Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and other coin-op classics. Director Joshua Tsui funded the film via this Kickstarter and will premiere at the SXSW Film Festival later this month.

Eastern Iowa man wins 20 million points, world record playing Japanese arcade game in his kitchen

Not many people have a full-size Galaga arcade game in their kitchen but Jordan Dorrington at Cedar Rapids does.

“My wife decided that she would never see me again if it is in the basement so we had to put it right here in the kitchen so she could sit on the couch and watch TV while I try to break a record,” he said.

Galaga is a Japanese arcade game released 1981 and let’s just say Dorrington is addicted to it.

Jordan recently broke the Galaga world record with 20,980,450.

And yes he did it in his kitchen. To break the world you have an incredible amount of skill, patience, and endurance.

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24″ Xtension Gameplay Jr Arcade Cabinet Review – It’s Awesome!

The all-new Rec Room Masters 24″ Xtension Gameplay Jr. Arcade Cabinet is amazing and in this video, we take a look at this new Arcade Cabinet. With real SUZO HAPP buttons and sticks an Ultimate I-PAC Usb encoder and support for the Raspberry Pi Running Retropie Or PC this cabinet is shaping up to be one of my favorites can it beat Arcade1Up cabs? In my option yes it can and does. This is a DIY arcade cabinet and you will need to add your own 24 inch TV or Monitor plus a Raspberry Pi or PC running LaunchBox, Hyperspin or whatever your favorite emulation frontend is but once you have this up and running it’s gonna be hard to stop playing!

You Can Now Get An Insert Coin Arcade Key-Chain Or Belt Buckle That Actually Lights Up

There are two types of geeks in this world, those of which that are old enough to remember actually playing arcade games, and those that are not. For those people in the former group, this awesome Insert Coin Arcade key-chain will certainly hit some nostalgia cords! Not only is it an exact replica of the device you’d pop quarters into all day to keep playing your favorite arcade game, but it also lights up to make it even more realistic.

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CPU Revealed! AtGames Legends Ultimate Arcade Mainboard Teardown

So ever since I got my hands on the new AtGames Legends Ultimate Arcade I have been wondering what CPU is powering this arcade cab but the Heatsink is soldered onto the mainboard so in order to remove it we have to drill or desolder it! and in this video, I finally get the heatsink off the board and find out what Cpu and how much ram this cabinet is rocking! Is it RockChip, Allwinner Amlogic? Let’s find out.